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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested,' Francis Bacon wrote in one of his famous essays. At the very least, Margaret A. Nash's study of women and American higher education should be savored, since Women's Education in the United States, 1780-1840 is an intellectual treat. Long before colleges and universities admitted women, a growing variety of academies, institutes, and seminaries opened the higher learning to a small but significant cohort of white middle class students. Nash's elegant book brings to life the social, economic, and political forces that shaped these institutions during their formative decades. And she uncovers the diverse impulses, including the sheer love of learning, that drove women to seek advanced studies. Scholars who think they understand the story of women and higher education in its earliest manifestations are in for a surprise. Nash has set a new standard in her field. - William J. Reese, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Book Title: Women's Education in the United States, 1780-1840
Authors: Margaret A. Nash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05035-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6937-8Published: 25 September 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6938-5Published: 25 September 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-05035-9Published: 30 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 203
Topics: History of Education, Nature Conservation, Higher Education, Gender Studies, Gender and Education, US History